恥ち辱じょく

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じょ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun

disgrace; shame; insult

A strong, formal noun for public humiliation or deep personal shame, often involving loss of honor or face.

彼かれはその失しっ敗ぱいを一いっ生しょうの恥ち辱じょくだと思おもっている。
He considers that failure a lifelong disgrace.
敗はい戦せんは国くににとって大おおきな恥ち辱じょくだった。
The defeat was a great humiliation for the country.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に恥ち辱じょくを与あたえるto humiliate someone; to inflict disgrace on someone
彼かれは公こう衆しゅうの面めん前ぜんで部ぶ下かに恥ち辱じょくを与あたえた。
He humiliated his subordinate in public.
恥ち辱じょくを受うけるto suffer disgrace; to be humiliated
戦たたかいに敗やぶれた将しょう軍ぐんは大おおきな恥ち辱じょくを受うけた。
The defeated general suffered a great humiliation.
恥ち辱じょくに耐たえるto endure a disgrace
彼かの女じょはその恥ち辱じょくに耐たえて、静しずかに耐たえ続つづけた。
She endured the disgrace and remained quietly patient.
恥ち辱じょくを晴はらすto clear one's disgrace; to redeem one's honor
彼かれはその恥ち辱じょくを晴はらすために努ど力りょくを重かさねた。
He worked hard to redeem himself from the disgrace.

Kanji

恥shame, dishonor
辱embarrass, humiliate, shame

Related words

恥はじN2
恥 is the common, everyday word for embarrassment or shame, while 恥辱 is a heavier, more formal term for deep public disgrace.
屈くつ辱じょく
屈辱 stresses the feeling of being humiliated by someone else's actions, while 恥辱 can also describe shame arising from one's own conduct.
汚お名めい
汚名 refers to a tarnished reputation or stigma attached to one's name, whereas 恥辱 is the raw feeling or state of disgrace itself.

Opposites

名めい誉よN1
名誉 means honor or a good reputation, the direct opposite of the disgrace expressed by 恥辱.
栄えい光こうN1
恥辱 means shame or disgrace, the direct opposite of the brilliant honor expressed by 栄光.
栄えい誉よ
恥辱 means disgrace or shame, the direct opposite of the public honor expressed by 栄誉.

Etymology

Compound of 恥 (chi, 'shame') and 辱 (joku, 'disgrace'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination has long been used to express deep dishonor.